My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 3.91
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal
Goodreads Summary:
Vane Weston should have died in the category-five tornado that killed his parents. Instead, he woke up in a pile of rubble with no memories of his past - except one: a beautiful, dark-haired girl standing in the winds. She swept through his dreams ever since, and he clings to the hope that she's real.
Audra is real, but she isn't human. She's a sylph, an air elemental who can walk on the wind, translate its alluring songs, even twist it into a weapon. She's also a guardian - Vane's guardian - and has sworn an oath to protect him at all costs.
When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both their families, Audra has just days to help Vane unlock his memories. And as the storm winds gather, Audra and Vane start to realize that the greatest danger might not be the warriors coming to destroy them, but the forbidden romance growing between them.
My Rating: 2.8
Okay, let's cut straight to the chase. I am SO glad that is over.. I wanted it to end from about the 1/4 point.
It's really unfortunate cause in the beginning I had high hopes for this book. Execution was just terrible.
Things I liked: The oppositeness of the characters.. i.e. The main character was a BOY and the "super hero" type one with the powers and the knowledge was the GIRL. The main character's father was the GOOD guy and mother, the BAD guy.. You don't see that as often I feel like. Also, Vane was pretty funny. He's also loyal to his family and I liked how he came clean to his mom.
I also liked the element control aspect.. the different types of winds and all the background behind each type of wind.
Things I disliked: The length.. I feel like it went on and on and on forever. Nothing happened for chapters and chapters. The "wind calling" process itself was cheesy and unrealistic... having to say a 2 line limerick to get a wind to save you from falling? Will you even have time?
Another thing.. why did they feast on in-n-out right before they had to go into this huge fight.. And if talking to the Gale was that easy (he pretty much got everything he wanted way easily) why didn't they do it beforehand?
I just don't care enough about this "sylph" world to keep reading..
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